Satyre Menipée
- Hardcover
- Ratisbone: Mathias Kerner, 1740
Ratisbone: Mathias Kerner, 1740. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes, 12mo. Four engraved plates in Volume I, two of them folding. Early half calf, spines in 5 compartments tooled in blind, new leather lettering labels, gilt, marbled paper boards in nonpareil pattern. Nearly all hinges have been neatly mended; ther is light rubbing and scuggind; else a very good copy.
French satirical carnivalesque satire in a mixture of prose, verse, and dialogue. It is a work of political propaganda focused on undermining the Catholic League and Spanish pretensions, as well as uniting France under a Catholic king (Henri IV). Some consider it one of the greatest political satires of world literature. First published in 1593. In French.
Details
Title
Satyre Menipée
Author
(Catholic League)
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Mathias Kerner: Ratisbone
Date
1740